4X2.5" HDD Sas/sata Cage Product Description:
- Fits 4 Drives into a Single 5.25" Device Bay
- Accommodates Drives with up to 15mm Height
- Dual 40mm Fans with Active Power Technology
- Full Metal EZ Slide Mini Tray System with Full Cage Design - Heavy Duty Full Metal Construction
- Small Form Factor Perfect for IPC, Servers, and Small Form Factor Cases.
Product Description
4x2.5" HDD SAS/SATA Cage
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent Product!
By MRH
I was pleasantly surprised with this product. It often seems any type of conversion bay from any vendor at any price point has poor reviews or downsides to it. This turned out to be great. I had very few issues to raise with mine and even those ones weren't a big deal.I used mine to house 4 SSDs for my rig. Seeing as my case didn't have native 2.5" bays/trays it was nice to separate all my 2.5" SSDs somewhere they fit. It is fully SATA3 (6.0Gbps) compliant.When putting it all together it felt like everything wasn't going to line up, but once I was done it did. It looked great and fit in just fine.Pros:-Nice sleek look. Metal front panels look nice and are durable. Other brands use plastic and/or look cheap and use flashy "gamer" colors.-Activity/power LEDs for each drive, although my case is usually shut so I don't see them.-Only requires 2 molex ports, others require more. With a molex splitter it was easy to power both off of 1 source.-2 Fans. They move a good bit of air too. They probably weren't even necessary for 2.5" drives but they're a welcome feature.-The molex and SATA ports are spread out nicely, and line up with their corresponding drives. I've seen others where they're tight, lined up sideways, etc., making it difficult to plug everything in and maintain cable management. Plenty of room here.Cons:-Drive trays can be difficult to open and close. My SSDs were a tight fit to slide in and out, and I felt like the SATA pins could've gotten scratched in the process. I have no intention of "hot-swapping" these drives any time soon, if ever, so these aren't an issue going forward.-Could've been a little cheaper, but this price point is the norm for this type of product with these features.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Icy Dock MB994SP-4S
By Vox Nihili
Since it isn't very clear in the product description, this is an Icy Dock MB994SP-4S. There's a lot more information about this item on the manufacturer's site:[...]I've had this product installed for about a week in a small home file-server. I decided on 2.5" drives so I could go with a smaller form-factor case and still have room for a lot of storage.So far, I'm pretty impressed with this product. It's solid and has a very high build quality. The drive cages work flawlessly and installing this was extremely simple. It takes two molex plugs for power so make sure your power supply has them as some newer ones may not.For anyone with a lot of spare external 5.25" bays, you could throw a few of these in your computer (provided you have the sata ports) for some massive storage.Take note: As the documentation states, you MUST use the provided screws to install this or risk damage to the unit.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Its okay, but ...
By Ciaran
Here are the Pro's, its mostly well made, its a great product, especially if you like to pack together SSDs, the SATA interfaces are good, and I have no problems with bandwidth on my computer.There are some Con's, however. The first con is that these things trap dust better than a case/cpu fan or vent, these things need to be cleaned out more often than you might think. Also, the fans on this item, for me, started making a lot of noise a few months in to the use of this item. Not having the fans installed is not a big deal for me because I use SSDs and the temperatures are not that bad given I operate the SSDs in a relatively cool ambient temperature, but ... Like I said, the fans are noisy or become noisy and this is a big problem, probably 4-5x noisier than anything else on my tower, pretty loud. The last con is the price, I could see justifying a price of 55$, but not 60+$, especially not the price I see which is 75$. This item is a good deal at 55$, at 75$ you are paying just too much, especially seeing as how you will probably want to replace the fans after a while.Also of note, the unit does not fit very well in to my case, I have a nicer case and I dont believe the tolerances on the case are an issue, however these were very difficult to insert and remove, and I think these guys should take a bout a millimeter or two off the dimensions of this unit to make sure it fits well.Final verdict, 4.5 stars @ 55$, 3 stars @ 75$. Look on ebay for used units if you can, this shouldn't cost more than 55$ in my opinion.
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